Its initiaw 12-monf mandate was extended to 31 Juwy 2010.[3] As of 2008, its budget was approximatewy US $106 miwwion per monf.[4] Its force of about 26,000 personnew began to depwoy to de region in October 2007. The 9,000-strong African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), which was previouswy responsibwe for peacekeeping, had compwetewy merged into dis new force by 31 December 2007.[5]

The mandate is for a force of up to 19,555 miwitary personnew and 3,772 powice, awong wif a furder "19 formed powice units comprising up to 140 personnew each."[6] The peacekeepers are awwowed to use force to protect civiwians and humanitarian operations. UNAMID is de first joint UN/AU force and de wargest peacekeeping mission, uh-hah-hah-hah.

Initiaw audorization for de mission was given by de UN Security Counciw in resowution 1769 of 31 Juwy 2007.[8] This resowution set de strengf of de mission as "... up to 19,555 miwitary personnew, incwuding 360 miwitary observers and wiaison officers, and an appropriate civiwian component incwuding up to 3,772 powice personnew and 19 formed powice units comprising up to 140 personnew each". The mission's audorisation was extended in essentiawwy unchanged form for each of de fowwowing five years: UN Security Counciw resowution 1828 adopted on 31 Juwy 2008, resowution 1881 on 30 Juwy 2009, resowution 1935 on 30 Juwy 2010, resowution 2003 on 29 Juwy 2011, and resowution 2063 adopted on 31 Juwy 2012.

Security Counciw resowution 2013 of 30 Juwy 2013 extended de mandate of UNAMID for 13 monds – to 31 August 2014 – but reduced de permitted force strengf to 16,200 miwitary personnew, 2,310 powice personnew and 17 formed powice units of up to 140 personnew.[9] The fowwowing year saw de mandate extended once again to 30 June 2015 (Security Counciw resowution 2173 of 27 August 2014).

Security Counciw resowution 2228 of 29 June 2015 furder reduced de force strengf, to no more dan 15,845 miwitary personnew, 1,583 powice personnew and 13 formed powice units of up to 140 personnew each.[10] This force audorisation was extended by anoder 12 monds drough Security Counciw resowution 2296 of 29 June 2016.[11]

Drawdown

The new Trump Administration in Washington argued for a reduction in UN peacekeeping budgets during de first hawf of 2017. Possibwy arising from dis, when de UNAMID mandate was renewed for a furder 12 monds by de UN Security Counciw on 29 June 2017, significant reductions in depwoyed personnew were announced.[12] The approved Force strengf was to be reduced in two stages. By de end of 2017 de audorized numbers of troops and powice wouwd be 11,395 and 2,888, respectivewy. To be furder reduced by mid-2018 to 8,735 troops (eight battawions) and 2,500 powice.[13] Reductions in Mission civiwian staff were reported to be 426 in Phase 1 (i.e. to 31 December 2017) and a furder 147 positions wost in Phase 2 (i.e. to 30 June 2018).[14]

United Nations' missions come under a civiwian Head of Mission, usuawwy cawwed de Speciaw Representative of de UN Secretary Generaw. UNAMID, as a joint mission, has a civiwian head appointed by bof de UN Secretary Generaw and AU Commission Chairman, uh-hah-hah-hah. In October 2015 Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi (of Nigeria) was appointed as Joint Speciaw Representative for Darfur and Head of UNAMID, succeeding Abiodun Owuremi Bashua (awso of Nigeria).[15] On 3 Apriw 2017 it was announced dat Jeremiah Nyamane Kingswey Mamabowo of Souf Africa had been appointed as Joint Speciaw Representative and Head of de African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.[16]

The preceding African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) was organised in a number of Sectors, each under de command of a Cowonew. When UNAMID took over from AMIS some of dese sectors were merged and Sectors became Brigadier's commands.[30] Initiawwy de Force was divided into dree Sectors:

A UNAMID map showing force depwoyment in December 2016 reveaws de force den comprised 14 infantry battawions (in addition to engineer, signaws, medicaw and oder support units).[31] These battawions were depwoyed as fowwows (wif changes to December 2017 noted, by when de Force was reduced to 11 battawions.[32]):

Sector Norf

Ew Fasher – Rwandan battawion (Rwanbatt 47 during 2016/17)

Kabkabiya – Rwandan battawion (Rwanbatt 46 during 2016/17)

Umm Barru – Senegawese battawion (reduced to two companies by December 2017)

During mid-2017 UN Security Counciw audorisation of de Mission imposed personnew reductions[12] The approved Force strengf was to be reduced in two phases: Phase 1 wevews to be reached by 31 December 2017 and Phase 2 reductions by 30 June 2018. Awong wif reductions in personnew UNAMID was to cwose eweven bases during Phase 1. During September four 'team sites' were cwosed and handed over to Sudanese Government officiaws: Mewwit, Mawha and Um Kadada in Norf Darfur and Muhajeria in East Darfur.[33] During October anoder seven bases were cwosed: Abu Shouk, Tine, Habiwa Eid, Aw Fursan (12 October), Tuwus (15 October), Forobaranga (17 October) and, finawwy, Zam Zam (21 October).[14]

On 12 August 2007, Awpha Oumar Konare, chairman of de AU, announced dat UNAMID was wikewy to be an aww-African peacekeeping force.[34][35] As of 30 June 2013[update], de totaw number of personnew in de mission was 19,735:[36][37]

Burkina Faso During March 2017 de Government of Burkina Faso announced its intention to widdraw its 850 troops from UNAMID, citing de increasing dreat presented by radicaw jihadists it faced at home.[44]

Souf Africa Souf Africa widdrew deir troops from UNAMID from1 Apriw 2016 after nearwy 12 years of depwoyments to Darfur. The first depwoyment of Souf African miwitary observers to de African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) dating back to Juwy 2004.[48] A Souf African Government statement gave de reason for de recaww of its troops as: "The Sudanese government made it increasingwy difficuwt for us to provide wogistic support to our troops, and impossibwe for our forces to protect de women and chiwdren of dat country".[49]